Senate LDA data Updated quarterly Lobbying disclosures

Copyright/Patent/Trademark Lobbying

Heavy-volume Senate LDA filings on Copyright/Patent/Trademark: the largest registrant books in this issue code report quarterly LD-2 outlays and named contacts.

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The verdict

PlainInfluence tracks $193.7M in itemized Copyright/Patent/Trademark lobbying disclosures across 378 filers, among them CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A., PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA, AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC, ranking #15 of 79 tracked issues by spend.

#15
of 79 issues by spend
$193.7M
tracked Copyright/Patent/Trademark lobbying
378
organizations lobbying
$512K
average per filer

Issue code: CPT · 378 organizations lobbying on this issue

Total Lobbying Spend
$193.7M
Organizations
378

Copyright/Patent/Trademark filing shape

Copyright/Patent/Trademark (CPT) averages $512K per filer, high per-registrant intensity on this code.

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. leads this issue's filer table with $142.2M in all-issue lobbying; filings remain spread across 10 named organizations rather than collapsing into one registrant.

The 378 filers on Copyright/Patent/Trademark provide a structured picture of who is paying to be heard, a trailing public-record indicator for the 118th and 119th Congresses.

Top Spenders

Rank Organization Total Lobbying
#1 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. $142.2M
#2 PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA $65.7M
#3 AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC $39.1M
#4 COMCAST CORPORATION $36.1M
#5 ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES $33.7M
#6 GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY $31.5M
#7 GOOGLE CLIENT SERVICES L.L.C. $30.9M
#8 PFIZER INC. $28.8M
#9 AMGEN INC. $28.5M
#10 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS $27.2M
#11 RTX CORPORATION AND AFFILIATES $26.8M
#12 QUALCOMM INCORPORATED $26.4M
#13 VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC AND VARIOUS SUBSIDIARIES $26.3M
#14 ORACLE CORPORATION $25.7M
#15 GENENTECH INC. $24.4M
#16 MICROSOFT CORPORATION $23.8M
#17 GILEAD SCIENCES, INC. $23.1M
#18 APPLE, INC. $22.8M
#19 MERCK & CO., INC. $22.1M
#20 AT&T SERVICES, INC. AND ITS AFFILIATES $21.3M
#21 JOHNSON & JOHNSON SERVICES INC $20.3M
#22 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS $20.1M
#23 WALMART INC. $19.5M
#24 NATIONAL RETAIL FEDERATION $18.5M
#25 ELI LILLY AND COMPANY $18.1M
#26 BIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION ORGANIZATION $18.0M
#27 AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION $17.8M
#28 INTEL CORPORATION $16.0M
#29 BAYER CORPORATION (CONSOLIDATED REPORT) $15.8M
#30 BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY $15.4M
#31 RECORDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA $15.3M
#32 NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL $15.2M
#33 NOVARTIS CORPORATION $14.7M
#34 DELL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. $13.8M
#35 NOVO NORDISK INC. $13.5M
#36 ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION $13.1M
#37 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA INC $12.6M
#38 SANOFI US SERVICES INC $12.5M
#39 TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA INC (TMA) $12.0M
#40 FOX CORPORATION $11.6M
#41 ABBVIE $11.5M
#42 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (IBM) $10.8M
#43 IHEARTMEDIA INC. $10.2M
#44 CONSUMER TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION $10.1M
#45 PARAMOUNT SKYDANCE CORPORATION $9.9M
#46 GSK (FKA GLAXOSMITHKLINE INC.) $9.9M
#47 INTUIT, INC. AND AFFILIATES (FORMERLY INTUIT, INC.) $9.5M
#48 RELX INC. $9.3M
#49 TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS AMERICA, INC. $9.3M
#50 BIOGEN INC. $9.3M

Registrant concentration on Copyright/Patent/Trademark

Largest registrants by all-issue lobbying total among filers on code CPT (Senate LDA).

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U…$142.2MPHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND …$65.7MAMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC$39.1MCOMCAST CORPORATION$36.1MALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES$33.7MGENERAL MOTORS COMPANY$31.5MGOOGLE CLIENT SERVICES L.L.C.$30.9MPFIZER INC.$28.8M
All-issue lobbying total among filers on Copyright/Patent/Trademark · official public datasets

Source: U.S. Senate Office of Public Records, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings LD-2 quarterly lobbying disclosure filings (issue codes, registrants, expenditures) · 2024 Aggregated from quarterly LD-2 filings for issue code CPT; covers 378 registered organizations across the 2023-2024 reporting period. Data current as of August 2026.

Questions on this issue code

How much is spent lobbying on Copyright/Patent/Trademark?
$193.7M was reported on Copyright/Patent/Trademark (CPT) by 378 organizations in 2023-2024 Senate LDA filings, a heavy code by tracked outlay. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. leads the filer list.
Who are the biggest spenders on Copyright/Patent/Trademark lobbying?
Top filers on Copyright/Patent/Trademark include CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A., PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA, AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC. Rankings use each organization's all-issue lobbying total among registrants that filed on code CPT.
How many organizations lobby on Copyright/Patent/Trademark?
378 organizations filed on Copyright/Patent/Trademark during the 2023-2024 reporting period.

Data: official public datasets, 2023-2024. Verify filings at lda.senate.gov.